Philadelphia 76ers

By Eric Jacinto

Here are the Post Draft Interviews and introductory press conference of Zhaire Smith and Landry Shrmet. Both Brett Brown and Zhaire Smith did separate interviews on the morning show on 97.5 The Fanatic on Friday morning to address the draft.

By Eric Jacinto

Last night, was the 2018 NBA Draft and the 76ers made several moves. The 76ers drafted hometown and Villanova kid, Mikal Bridges at number ten and then traded him away six picks later to the Phoenix Suns for Zhaire Smith (SG, from Texas Tech) and a 2021 First round unprotected pick via Miami. They drafted Landry Sharmet (PG/SG, from Wichita State) at number 26.

By Eric Jacinto

Last night, was the return of Joel "The Process" Embiid who missed the last ten games of the regular season and the first two games of this series came back for game three. For the last two days, nobody knew if he would play, he didn't even know, he was even doubtful yesterday morning. Embiid, suffered a fractured orbital bone in his left eye after he bumped heads with fellow teammate and rookie Markelle Fultz on March 28 versus the New York Knicks. He had surgery to repair the orbital bone fracture.

Last night, the 76ers won their 16th straight game in the regular season finale versus the Milwaukee Bucks. The Sixers lead from the opening tip and it wasn't even close! The biggest lead they had was 40 points, they scored 70 points before the Bucks even scored 30 points. Rookie first round (1st overall) pick, Markelle Fultz recorded a triple double becoming the youngest player in NBA history to record a triple double. Congrats to Fultz!

The night prior on Tuesday against the Atlanta Hawks, the Sixers broke the franchise record for longest winning streak which was previously held by the1982-83 Championship team who won 14 straight games. They want 7-0 without Joel Embiid during this winning streak, they couldn't win without him last season and earlier this season. This winning streak is really impressive as they beat three playoff teams in the Minnesota Timberwolves, Milwaukee Bucks and Cleveland Cavaliers; they haven't lost since March 13th versus the Indiana Pacers so nearly a month of winning basketball.

Finally, the Sixers got the third seed (over the Cleveland Cavaliers who got the fourth seed) in the East and will be playing the Miami Heat in round one of the playoff beginning on Saturday and game two will be on Monday night.

By Eric Jacinto

This afternoon, the Philadelphia 76ers finally traded former third overall pick (2015), Jahlil Okafor to the Brooklyn Nets agree for veteran Power Forward, Trevor Booker. The 76ers also traded Shooting Guard, Nik Stauskas and a 2019 second round pick to the Nets.